Tens of thousands in the ruined city of Mariupol are in dire need of assistance.
Ukrainian officials warned on Saturday that tens of thousands of people remaining in Mariupol are in mortal danger if desperately needed humanitarian assistance is not allowed into the city, as new satellite images emerged showing a possible mass burial site on its outskirts.
“This is the biggest genocide in Europe since the Holocaust,” Mariupol’s mayor, Vadym Boichenko, said in a statement. “At least 15,000 elderly and those with chronic diseases may die in Mariupol. There is a catastrophic shortage of drinking water, food and medicine in the besieged city.”
Ukrainian officials have said that more than 20,000 people may have been killed in the city since the start of the war. An estimated 120,000 civilians remain in the city — including hundreds believed to be holed up in a sprawling steel factory with the last remaining Ukrainian fighters.
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